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Metro Silicon Valley
May 2-8, 2007

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News

Live at Lido
Behind the scenes at the valley's most outrageous beauty pageant.

News

Blogged down
The blogosphere is forced to face up to uncomfortable issues of cyberbullying and misogyny after the harassment of Kathy Sierra.

The Fly: 05.02.07
Cinco de Mayo: Party with your pants on.

Columns

Silicon Alleys
Nightlife should not be solely just for kids and bohemian types. It should be for everybody.

Technology news
Tim Ferriss carries the cult of Getting Things Done to the extreme.

Sports news
Los Gatos' Amazing Race.

Style
Dial a clue.

Movies

Movie review: 'Spider-Man 3'
Hubris, hubris. Spidey gets a big head and ruins a perfectly good trilogy.

Movie review: 'Next'
Nicolas Cage stars as a lost X-Man.

Film festival preview: 50th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival
Four features show the up- (and down-) side of the continent, with a detour to Canada.

Film festival preview: ISreel 2007
Festival opens with complex family drama 'Things Behind the Sun.'

This week's revivals
Don't want no cat people 'round here: The 'Cat People' movies at the Stanford.

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Porter Wagoner
Mr. Grand Ole Opry, the godfather of gospel—revered and reviled.

Music Picks
Minus the Bear, Elvis Costello & the Imposters and Blues Week.

MORE MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE    MUSIC AND CLUBS LISTINGS    MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR PICKS

Restaurants

Restaurant review: Rasa Malaysian
Malaysian is the new Thai. Eat accordingly.

Silicon Veggie
Veggie House Of Bamboo.

5 Things to Love
Good Indian restaurants.

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Cycle of life and art
At Art for Wellness in Palo Alto, Judy Gittelsohn uses creativity to draw out ar-risk and challenged youth.

Stage: 'The Gingerbread Lady'
Neil Simon's play takes the measure of a woman beyond the verge.

Stage: 'Bodas de Sangre'
A bride and groom face an uphill battle.

Stage: 'Jekyll & Hyde'
Palo Alto Players puts the Robert Louis Stevenson classic to music.

Dance: 'Middle Kingdom—Ancient China'
The Chinese past comes alive in dance at Ballet San Jose.

Free Comic Book Day
What comics mean to Richard von Busack.

Kids events
Take a bow-wow.

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
May 2-8, 2007.